French Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

by Stephen Gaukroger and Knox Peden

French culture is unique in that philosophy has played a significant role from the early-modern period onwards, intimately associated with political, religious, and literary debates, as well as with epistemological and scientific ones. While Latin was the language of learning there was a universal philosophical literature, but with the rise of vernacular literatures things changed and a distinctive national form of philosophy arose in France.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198829175
• ISBN13: 9780198829171
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 6.8"